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Evaluation of the New Britain
Weed and Seed Program
December, 2007
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF
CRIME & JUSTICE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW OF THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM ................................................................ 3
MAP OF NEW BRITAIN WEED AND SEED AREA .................................................................... 4
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................... 5
EVLAUATION FINDINGS .......................................................................................................... 7
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW BRITAIN’S WEED AND SEED PROGRAM ................................ 10
NEW BRITAIN’S NEED FOR WEED AND SEED ...................................................................... 14
APPENDIX A ............................................................................................................................. 15
APPENDIX B ............................................................................................................................. 17
Stephen M. Cox, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Central Connecticut State University
Stephen Costanza, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Central Connecticut State University
Lyndsay Ruffolo
Program Administrator
Institute for the Study of Crime and Justice
Central Connecticut State University
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project would not have been possible without the assistance of several individuals. First,
Chief William Gagliardi and the New Britain Police Department provided us open access to Weed
and Seed files, reports, applications and data. Without their support and enthusiasm for this
project, we would not have been able to complete it. Second, it is imperative to recognize the
efforts of James P. Donnelly, the Director of Public Safety Telecommunications for the City of
New Britain. He was instrumental in providing the police calls for service data and explaining the
intricacies of them. Third, we would like to thank Rachel Tirnady and Aileen Keays for their
assistance in organizing and summarizing Weed and Seed materials.
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OVERVIEW OF THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM
Summary: The New Britain Police Department received federal funding from 1997 through 2005
to implement the Weed and Seed program in high crime neighborhoods.
The Federal Weed and Seed Initiative
Operation Weed and Seed is a federally funded initiative created by the U.S Department of
Justice. The Executive Office for Weed and Seed (EWOS) has provided funding to more than 250
communities since its inception in 1991. The primary goal of Operation Weed and Seed is to rid
high crime neighborhoods of violent offenders (weeding) while implementing numerous social
service programs (seeding), which will essentially improve the overall quality of life for citizens
living in such communities. The concept of Weed and Seed is based on the principle that once
violent offenders are removed, the city can begin to revitalize. Social, economic and housing
improvements should deter violent offenders from returning, as a result creating an overall safer
community. In order to receive federal funding for a Weed and Seed program, local police
departments must adopt this two-pronged approach to rid the city of violent crime while providing
members of the community with a safe place to live and work.
Weed and Seed in New Britain
The New Britain Police Department was first awarded federal Weed and Seed funding ($175,000)
in 1997 and continued through 2005. The total amount of federal funding was $ 947,528. The
initial funding went to the Broad Street area. In 2001, New Britain’s Weed and Seed area was
expanded to include the Arch and Oak Street neighborhoods. In accordance with the Federal
Weed and Seed initiative, New Britain’s program centered on weeding activities (gun abatement,
street level drug dealing, and neighborhood blight) accompanied by seeding activities (community
policing, programs for youth and seniors, supporting the Neighborhood Revitalization Zones,
housing, employment, and economic development).
Prior Evaluation of New Britain’s Weed and Seed Program
An evaluation of the initial two years of the Weed and Seed program found that New Britain’s
efforts were consistent with the mission set forth by the Executive Office of Weed and Seed 1 . The
evaluation also found that total calls for service, drug calls for service, property felonies and
personal crimes were different in the Weed and Seed site compared to the entire jurisdiction.
Calls for service in the Weed and Seed neighborhood increased during the first part of the Weed
and Seed program but sharply decreased throughout the two year period. This increase was
most likely due to the placement of additional community police officers on Broad Street, creating
a more positive perception of law enforcement. This reduction in calls for service suggested that
the overall rate of crime on Broad Street had decreased.
Scope of the Report
This report summarizes the primary activities of the New Britain Police Department’s Weed and
Seed program and provides an assessment of its’ affects on citizens’ calls for police assistance
inside and outside of the Weed and Seed area.
1 Cox, Stephen M. (1999). Final Report of the New Britain Police Department’s Weed and Seed Program.
New Britain, CT: New Britain Police Department.
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MAP OF THE NEW BRITAIN WEED AND SEED AREA
Summary: The initial Weed and Seed area encompassed a 47 block collection units 2 out of 748
block collection units for the entire city. In 2001, the Weed and Seed area was expanded
to include two additional neighborhoods (57 more block collection units).
2 Block Collection Units are the smallest collection unit used by the U.S. Bureau of Census.
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary: The New Britain Police Department implemented the Weed and Seed program in
accordance with the objectives of the federal initiative. Calls for service data reveal
distinct patterns between the initial Weed and Seed area, the expanded area, and the rest
of the city that suggest the Weed and Seed program had significant positive effects on
decreasing crime.
Conclusions
1. The New Britain Police Department successfully implemented all aspects of its Weed and
Seed program.
First, there was very little turnover in the Weed and Seed coordinator position, with the initial
coordinator being in the position until February, 2006. This coordinator was a nonsworn member
of the New Britain Police Department who maintained an office at a police substation inside of the
initial Weed and Seed area. She was instrumental in most of the Weed and Seed activities and
provided Weed and Seed funding to several community organizations to provide prevention and
intervention programs.
Second, the steering committee was very active for the majority of the program and met on a
regular basis during the first five years of Weed and Seed funding. The steering committee
consisted of representatives from the New Britain Police Department, Mayor’s Office, other
criminal justice agencies (both state and federal), and community organizations.
Third, the New Britain Police Department was fully invested in the community policing model in
the Weed and Seed area. A major activity was the placement of police substations that were
staffed by community volunteers and were offices used by police officers in the Weed and Seed
area.
Fourth, the New Britain Police Department worked collaboratively with federal, state, and local
agencies (criminal justice as well as noncriminal justice agencies) along with community
organizations. These relationships ranged from working with the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office
on blight reduction to the Greater New Britain Community Development Corporation to provide a
tenant training program.
2. An analysis of calls for service in the Weed and Seed areas and throughout the rest of New
Britain found that calls for violent crime, drug crime, and nonviolent crime significantly
decreased after the implementation of Weed and Seed.
Following the inception of Weed and Seed, calls for violent crime dropped 33% (from 1996 to
2005) in the initial area and decreased 36% in the expansion area (from 2000 to 2005), while
decreasing 21% throughout the rest of the city (from 1996 to 2005).
Drug calls decreased by 76% in the initial Weed and Seed area after the implementation of Weed
and Seed (1996 to 2005), decreased by 48% in the expanded area after the expansion (2000 to
2005), and 51% throughout the rest of the city from 1996 to 2005.
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The number of calls for nonviolent crime decreased 47% in the initial area from 1996 to 2005,
decreased 6% in the expansion area following expansion (2000 to 2005), and decreased 30%
citywide from 1996 to 2005).
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EVALUATION FINDINGS 3
Summary: Calls for service data was used to assess the effects of the Weed and Seed program.
There were distinct patterns for the Weed and Seed areas for total calls for service, violent
crime, drug crimes, nonviolent crimes, and public order issues
Data and Method
Over 800,000 citizen calls for police service data were collected from the New Britain Police
Department from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2007. For the evaluation, we use calls for
service from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 2005. Calls for service data were used for
two reasons. First, it allowed for more detailed analyses for criminal activity in the Weed and
Seed area and the rest of the city. Second, it was a more exact measure of police activity over
and above the Uniform Crime Reports (which is based on police arrests and specific categories of
crime reported to the police).
Total Calls for Assistance
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
Total Calls for Assistance, 1995-2005
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Rest of City
Initial Weed and Seed
Expanded Weed and Seed
In comparing total calls for service in the initial Weed and Seed area, the expanded Weed and
Seed area, and the rest of New Britain, total calls for service remained relatively stable in the
initial Weed and Seed area and the Expanded Weed and Seed area after the 1997 onset of the
program while they increased for the rest of the city. A similar pattern occurred after the
expansion of the Weed and Seed area in 2001. Calls for service decreased in the two Weed and
Seed areas in 2001 and 2002 while increasing throughout the rest of the city.
3 See the Appendix for the data tables that were used to create each graph.
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Violent Crime Calls for Assistance
1,000
800
600
400
200
Violent Crime Calls For Assistance, 1995-2005
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Weed and Seed Area Expanded Zone Rest of City
Citizens’ reports of violent crime increased during the first year of Weed and Seed in the initial
and expansion areas but decreased the following year and remained lower throughout the
program. However, decreases in violent crime in the two Weed and Seed areas appear to be
related to an initial increase in violent crime throughout the city. Following the inception of Weed
and Seed in the original area, calls for violent crime dropped 33% (from 1996 to 2005). A 36%
decrease was seen in the expansion area (from 2000 to 2005), while violent crime throughout the
city decreased 21% from 1996 to 2005.
Drug Calls for Assistance
Drug Calls for Assistance, 1995-2005
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Weed and Seed Area Expanded Zone Rest of City
Citizen calls for drug offenses sharply decreased in both Weed and Seed areas after the 1997
implementation and the 2001 expansion while increasing throughout the city. Overall, drug calls
decreased by 76% in the initial Weed and Seed area after the implementation of Weed and Seed
(1996 to 2005), decreased by 48% in the expanded area after the expansion (2000 to 2005), and
decreased 51% throughout the rest of the city from 1996 to 2005.
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Non-Violent Crime Calls for Assistance
4,000
Non-Violent Calls for Assistance, 1995-2005
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Weed and Seed Area Expanded Zone Rest of City
Nonviolent crime calls had a slightly different pattern than the violent and drug calls but also
shows a positive effect of Weed and Seed funding. Calls decreased at a higher rate in both the
initial and expanded Weed and Seed areas after the implementation of the program while
increasing throughout the city. Overall, the number of calls for nonviolent crime decreased 47% in
the initial area from 1996 to 2005, decreased 6% in the expansion area following expansion (2000
to 2005), and decreased 30% for the rest of the city (from 1996 to 2005).
Public Order Calls for Assistance
4,000
Public Order Calls for Assistance, 1995-2005
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Weed and Seed Area Expanded Zone Rest of City
Public order calls for service commonly consist of barking dogs, loud parties or teenagers,
abandoned cars, etc. As crime decreases, citizens tend to call the police more often for less
serious activities. So, we would expect public order calls to increase in the Weed and Seed areas
since violent and drug crimes have decreased. In the two Weed and Seed areas, public order
calls increased steadily throughout the funding but at a similar rate as public order calls
throughout the rest of the city.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW BRITAIN’S WEED AND SEED PROGRAM
Summary: The New Britain Weed and Seed Program consisted of three major components. Each
component was implemented in accordance with the goals and objectives of the federal
Weed and Seed initiative.
The mission of Weed and Seed is to promote comprehensive strategies to reduce crime and
revitalize communities. In order to receive federal Weed and Seed funding, municipalities must
adhere to three objectives. First, cities must collaborate with various criminal justice and social
service agencies in order to adequately provide the community members with economic, social
and housing improvement programs. Second, federal, state and local funding should be
concentrated within the high crime area in order to effectively target violent crime. Third, Weed
and Seed sites should encourage community participation and involvement so that they can aid
local law enforcement in identifying known violent offenders in the community as well as help local
law enforcement determine the community’s social service needs. Cities receiving federal funding
were required to provide Weed and Seed activities across four areas: community policing,
prevention, intervention and treatment, law enforcement, and community revitalization.
Weed and Seed Coordinator
A Weed and Seed coordinator was hired to organize and manage all programs and services.
This person organized the majority of Weed and Seed activities and was able to provide funding
for various services in the Weed and Seed area. In addition, the Weed and Seed coordinator
attended many of the NRZ (Neighborhood Revitalization Zone) meetings to better understand
their concerns and provide Weed and Seed assistance when possible. The coordinator also met
with other neighborhood groups, which may not have representation on the NRZ committees.
The Coordinator assisted in locating external funding for programs that have demonstrated their
benefits so as to continue the operation of the program. Throughout the program, New Britain
had one permanent Weed and Seed coordinator, and a temporary coordinator from February
2006 until the end of the program.
Steering Committee
The Executive Office for Weed and Seed requires Weed and Seed sites to have Steering
Committees that are responsible for creating the program’s goals and objectives, provide
oversight on implementation, and assess program achievements. Members of the Steering
Committee are stakeholders in the community who have input on decisions that affect the Weed
and Seed target area. Stakeholders typically represent the police department, other city
agencies, the private sector, community organizations, and neighborhoods in the Weed and Seed
area.
The core members of New Britain’s Steering Committee consisted of members from the police
department, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Mayor’s Office, Connecticut Chief State’s Attorney’s
Office, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, North-Oak Street and Broad Street
Neighborhood Revitalization Zone presidents, the New Britain Boys and Girls Club, two business
owners, and two residents. Steering Committee meetings were held on a monthly basis
throughout the project period.
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The federal Weed and Seed initiative required programs and services in four distinct categories.
These are community policing, prevention, intervention, and treatment, law enforcement, and
neighborhood revitalization. The New Britain Weed and Seed program consisted of myriad of
programs and services across these four categories.
Community Policing: Community policing is believed to be the “bridge” between weeding and
seeding by establishing trust between the police and the community. Police officers serve as
neighborhood problem-solvers and the community helps to identify crime patterns and offenders.
• Anti-graffiti group of New Britain- Provided partnering programs to encourage graffiti
reduction. Weed and Seed provided volunteers and time to paint over graffiti and also
provided an alternative art program.
• CSO (Community Service Officers) of New Britain- The Weed and Seed Coordinator
participated in the community service officer program as a community service officer.
CSO’s provided volunteer services to the police department and assisted in non-criminal
policing.
• New Britain Police Department-
• Provided officers for after school programs
• Operated DEFY (Drug Education for Youth) mentors
• Served as safeguard mentors
• Sponsored community police initiatives
• Organized block watches
• Provided security surveys
• Coordinated all law enforcement efforts
• Police Explorers- Weed and Seed worked with explorers on community crime reduction
events provides support for explorer projects.
• Substation Volunteers- Weed and Seed supported volunteers operating within the police
substations by providing support services.
• TRIAD of New Britain- Collaboration between law enforcement and seniors to reduce
senior victimization and increase senior awareness of public safety issues.
Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (PIT): Intended to reduce the risk factors that are
known to cause violence, crime and drug abuse in the target neighborhoods. Prevention,
intervention and treatment programs are often coordinated through “safe havens” in the target
neighborhoods
• Boys and Girls Club of New Britain- Weed and Seed partnered with the club to bring
youth activities, computer training and mentoring skills to residents in the target area.
• Central Connecticut State University- Worked within the Weed and Seed site to
familiarize social work students with community organizing. CCSU provided students to
work with the residents on activities and helped to organize focus groups to identify
community needs.
• Human Resources Agency of New Britain- Provided support services, including a “Free
To Grow”/Head Start program to the Weed and Seed area.
• Mayor’s Public Safety Council- Weed and Seed coordinator served on the council which
granted funds to grassroots community crime reduction initiatives, such as crime
prevention through environmental design and target hardening.
• Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain- Weed and Seed partnered with
Neighborhood Housing Services to provide landlord education to property owners as a
means of increasing responsible renting practices.
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• New Britain Board of Education- Partnered with Weed and Seed to address concerns of
high school dropout rate and youth school based after school programs.
• New Britain Parks and Recreation- Department of Parks and Recreation provided
activities and resources for children within the target area through activities as well as
support programs.
• New Britain Senior Center- Collaborated on senior and inter-generational activities.
• Police Athletic League of New Britain (PAL)- PAL provided organized sport related
programs to the youth in the target area.
• Smalley Academy- Weed and Seed partnered with Smalley Academy to provide services
and information to parents of children in the target area. Weed and Seed actively
supported an annual family education day at the school.
• V.I.B.E Athletics- Provided a youth mentoring program to the Weed and Seed site. This
program included sports and computer skills as well as job internships for older teens
through Aetna.
• Greater New Britain Community Development Corp- Provided tenant training program
and support.
Law Enforcement: the goal of law enforcement was to identify arrest, prosecute, convict and
incarcerate serious violent offenders operating in the target area.
• State Attorney’s Office- Nuisance Abatement, (Multi-Agency Response to Community
Hotlines) Programs, and support services when necessary.
• State of Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles- Kept COPS officers informed on
the status of all city parolees, included COPS officers in home visits and provided youth
awareness through Parole Reaches Out Program.
• Gun Abatement- Directed police patrols in gun crime hot spots. This goal of this program
was to reduce gun related crimes by seizing illegal firearms.
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - New Britain Police Department set up a liaison with
the DEA to work on several high profile drug cases in the city.
• Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) - Investigated armed robberies that occurred
throughout the city to assess the usage and sale of illegal firearms. Utilized their “e-trace”
computer system to locate the illegal firearms.
• Drunk Driving Enforcement: The new Britain Police Department routinely set up DUI
checkpoints throughout the city.
• Traffic Enforcement- After the police department received numerous complaints
regarding loud music and speeding cars, police officers that pull a vehicle over for loud
music will confiscate the stereo until the defendant shows up for court.
Neighborhood Revitalization: Assist in restoring neighborhoods so that police and social
services remain intact once Federal funding has been expended
• Arch Street Neighborhood Revitalization Zone- Residents in the Arch Street NRZ
worked with the Weed and Seed Coordinator to identify community needs and develop
strategies to address them.
• Broad Street Neighborhood Revitalization Zone- The Weed and Seed Coordinator
worked extensively with the Broad Street NRZ residents to address crime reduction and
neighborhood restoration strategies.
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• City of New Britain- The Weed and Seed Coordinator worked with the city to create crime
prevention strategies, encouraged resident participation in revitalization, and developed
new methods of economic growth.
• North-Oak Neighborhood Revitalization Zone-The Weed and Seed Coordinator worked
with NRZ residents to reduce crime and promote neighborhood revitalization.
• Urban Oaks Organic Farm- W&S partnered with Urban Oaks to create businesses that
brought both jobs and training to the target area.
• Willow and Oak St Neighborhood Association (WOSNA)- An organization created out
of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s New Approach Drug Elimination
Grant. WOSNA partnered with Weed and Seed to address crime reduction in the North-
Oak Street and Arch Street neighborhoods.
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NEW BRITAIN’S INITIAL NEED FOR WEED AND SEED
Summary: The Broad Street neighborhood was selected as the first Weed and Seed area
because of its’ high amount of crime and blight.
In 1995, the Weed and Seed area consisted of the Broad Street neighborhood (the North-Oak
Street area was added in 1997) due to high incidences of gang and narcotic-related violence.
The region was afflicted with poverty, unemployment and deteriorated housing. Broad Street
was a city and state recognized NRZ, or Neighborhood Revitalization Zone, therefore a needs
assessment of the area had been conducted to determine the assets, needs and issues of priority
for the area 4 . The statistical information on poverty, housing issues and educational attainment
showed to be consistently higher in the Broad Street area when compared with the city of New
Britain before Weed and Seed commenced 1 .
The Broad Street neighborhood encompassed residential, commercial and mixed-use structures
within its 28-blocks 1 . It had an average poverty rate of 22.8% with a per capita income averaging
only $11,557 1 . Most of the area’s housing was aged with many single lots containing more than
one multi-family unit 1 . This overcrowding resulted from a boom in manufacturing in the area
during the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s 1 . However, once factories began to close in New Britain, the area
was left with vacant factories and homes, empty apartments and decreased property values 1 .
The racial make-up of the area was quite diverse at the start of the Weed and Seed initiative. A
1990 census indicated 66.5% of the population was white, 2.9% African-American, 29.1%
Hispanic and 1.5% indicated “other” 1 .
The North-Oak Street neighborhood had been heavily infested with drug crime and gang activity
prior to the initiation of Weed and Seed and had been recognized as one of the more active
locations in the city of New Britain for drug-related offenses. The New Britain Police Department
(NBPD) tirelessly executed arrest and search and seizure warrants, as well as executed
numerous sting operations in response to citizen complaints, resulting in numerous arrests and
the confiscation of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, guns and money. However, the drug dealers
removed from the streets were simply replaced by new ones. Several large-scale, multijurisdictional
investigations were executed involving the NBPD, Connecticut Statewide Narcotics
Task Force, Connecticut Chief States Attorney’s Office-Gang Prosecution Unit and the FBI. While
these efforts would prove successful, the progress was always short-lived. Street-level drug sales
continued. It seemed clear that this single-pronged approach to dealing with crime was time-andtime
again proving fruitless.
4 Application for Weed and Seed Official Recognition, New Britain, CT
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APPENDIX A
Description of New Britain
New Britain Connecticut, with a population estimated at 71,538 in 2006 and a population density
of 5,321 people per square mile, it sits just 12 miles from Connecticut’s state capital, Hartford.
The Weed and Seed target area encompasses the Broad, North Oak and Arch Street
neighborhoods 5 . These neighborhoods are located on the eastern edge of New Britain’s
downtown business district and cover 1.19 square miles 1 . The Weed and Seed area is the most
densely populated and poorest area in the city. The median household income for the Weed and
Seed area is only $25,497 with a per capita income of only $15,605 1 . The city of New Britain’s
median household income in 2005 was $39,303. The adult population within the Weed and Seed
area without a high school diploma encompasses 23.66% 1 of residents. It is a culturally diverse
population with 48.5% of residents being of Hispanic ethnicity 1 in 2005 and 42.48% in 2000 when
the city of New Britain’s Hispanic population was only 26.8% in 2000 6 .
Description of Weed and Seed sites
The Weed and Seed area includes eight public schools: one high school, one middle school, and
six elementary schools, with a total population of approximately 3,500 students. Slightly more than
five percent of youth are enrolled in private schools. The graduation rate for the 2003-2004 school
year for the high school in the Weed and Seed area was 78.2 percent, slightly higher than the
Public School System’s overall graduation rate of 74.8 percent.5 The Department of Education’s
grading system for school districts and individual schools placed the Public School System in
“Academic Watch” status, meaning that the district as a whole met only five of the 18 criteria.
Race and Gender
Weed and
Seed Sites
Entire City
Race
Caucasian 57% 69%
African American 12% 11%
Native American 0 0
Asian 1.5% 2%
Hawaiian 0 0
Other/Mixed 12.3% 18%
Gender
Male 48.6% 48
Female 51.4% 51.4%
5 Weed and Seed Data Center website http://www.weedandseeddatacenter.org/sitedetail.aspx?sitekey=0141S00,
retrieved December 5, 2007
6 http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/09/0950370.html, retrieved December 5, 2007
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Housing and Education
Weed and Seed
Sites
Entire City
Total Population 2005 15,678 71,538
Median Age 32.4 33.9
Percent under age 18 26.12% 24.17%
Total Housing Units: 7,473 31,164
Owner occupied 16.22% 42.69%
Renter occupied 71.72% 57.31%
Vacant 12.06% 8.36%
Family Household:
Age 18+ population 11,582 54,249
Educational Attainment:
Total population age 25+ 9,299
No high school diploma 23.66% 2,429
High school graduate 34.81% 14,809
Percent of HS graduate with
college degree (Associate,
Bachelor or Graduate
12.95% 6.90%
Degree)
Median Household Income 10,112 25,497
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APPENDIX B
Calls for Assistance 1995-2005
Violent Crimes Calls for Assistance
Weed
Year
and
Seed
Area
Expanded
Zone
Rest
of
City
1995 215 132 842
1996 196 120 754
1997 177 108 745
1998 189 135 756
1999 116 110 642
2000 127 121 717
2001 123 104 631
2002 127 88 571
2003 107 90 528
2004 89 106 506
2005 132 89 593
Non-Violent Calls for Assistance
Weed
Year
and
Seed
Area
Expanded
Zone
Rest
of
City
1995 579 391 2,531
1996 552 453 2,858
1997 544 397 2,650
1998 520 396 2,752
1999 357 390 2,189
2000 357 330 2,075
2001 324 370 2,134
2002 330 312 1,986
2003 270 333 1,840
2004 280 290 1,801
2005 292 311 1,988
Total Calls for Assistance
Weed
and
Seed Expanded
Area Zone
Rest
of City
Year
1995 8,062 13,326 23,472
1996 8,605 14,698 27,252
1997 9,073 15,224 28,678
1998 9,121 15,705 29,564
1999 9,152 15,844 29,105
2000 8,281 15,219 31,770
2001 7,375 13,673 33,495
2002 6,797 13,649 35,899
2003 6,787 13,248 33,969
2004 7,259 13,511 34,195
2005 7,466 14,340 34,138
Drug Crimes Calls for Assistance
Weed
Year
and
Seed
Area
Expanded
Zone
Rest
of
City
1995 330 42 531
1996 370 68 962
1997 433 74 847
1998 329 96 912
1999 237 68 741
2000 178 107 449
2001 200 123 522
2002 199 110 763
2003 158 127 665
2004 177 121 591
2005 106 56 467
Public Order Crimes Calls for
Assistance
Weed
and
Seed Expanded
Area Zone
Rest
of
City
Year
1995 307 212 1,647
1996 471 305 2,402
1997 472 285 2,403
1998 466 312 2,366
1999 552 339 2,608
2000 566 459 2,881
2001 625 439 3,271
2002 725 513 3,734
2003 611 524 3,314
2004 586 391 3,379
2005 529 389 3,074
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